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The status quo, where male experience dominates British theatre, will continue as long as the unelected quango, the Arts Council, refuses to challenge this sexual apartheid (Editorial, 15 December). For decades the Arts Council has dumped gender ...The Guardian, 1 day ago

FRESH fears have been raised over classroom standards amid plummeting annual checks. The Education Scotland quango is expected to carry out just 107 school inspections this year, figures submitted to Holyrood show. This represents a ...

A QUANGO set up to crack down on bungled roadworks has been branded "pathetic" after it emerged it did not impose a single fine last year. The Office of the Scottish Roadworks Commissioner - dubbed the Cone Tsar - has not taken action against any ...

The acronym quango has become a term of derision, with connotations of waste, excess and freeloading: but that image is unfair and unfounded 18 minutes ago Michael Carey UK prime minister Theresa May: As the British government makes ...

(Before It's News) On 5th December 2016, the Boundary Commision quango stops taking views on the Devonwall proposal. Although a quango, the Boundary Commision has said that Devonwall is a proposal put foward by the Government and thatit has no ...

Herald Scotland MORE than 20,000 pages of online guidance for teachers on Scottish school reforms have built up over the past 12 years, it has emerged. Schools quango Education Scotland said the materials had been produced to support the roll-out ...

Daily Mail Friday 25th November, 2016 The OBR forecast Brexit will leave net migration 80,000 a year lower and claimed that would lead to increased Government borrowing of Pound 5.9 billion a year by 2020/21 because of the impact

The position of Scottish Road Works Commissioner aka the cone tsar has been an easy target for quango critics since the office was opened in 2005. Today, it looks like a legitimate cause of discontent. Set up to help prevent the mismanagement of ...

Scottish universities are concerned that plans to co-ordinate the governance of four economy-related quangos under a single board could compromise their funding arrangements and independence. Keith Brown, Scottish Cabinet secretary for the ...

Northern Ireland's First Minister has said faith communities in the Province are experiencing a chill factor after last month's disappointing Ashers Baking Company judgment. Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP, said she has heard concerns on a ...